Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSuccessful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe young man must store up, the old man must use.
SENECA THE YOUNGERMay be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is quality rather than quantity that matters.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThey lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDeath either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGreatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER